BDMconnect

We connect, support and empower people of Bafut heritage — in the Fondom, across Cameroon, and everywhere the Manjong has reached.

Unity · Peace · Progress

8

Village Councils

Bujong to Akofunguba

46

Quarters

across the Fondom

500+

Years

of the Fondom, by the longest account

How old the Fondom is depends on which account you follow — the history page shows all three and does not pick one.

What the Manjong does

Twelve things this platform keeps for you

A book nobody can quietly edit, a notice that reaches the diaspora, a register that says who really turned out. Each one is open to the people it belongs to and closed to everybody else.

Photograph wantedThe palace complex from above — the ranks of tiled roofs and the terrace wall.

The Fondom

A history that did not stop at independence

From the Tikar migration to the wars of 1901, from a palace burned in 1907 and raised again by 1910, to a Fondom of more than a hundred thousand people today — with its children scattered across the world.

Every statement carries where it came from. Where the sources disagree, we show the disagreement instead of settling it for you.

Where you are from

Eight Village Councils, 46 quarters

Register under your council and quarter, and the Manjong can find you — for a meeting, a project, a bereavement, or an opportunity meant for your people.

Bujong7
Agyati5
Mforya6
Nchum6
Tingoh5
Mbakong7
Mambu6
Akofunguba4